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Birth name
  
Rashid Qureshi

Name
  
Rashid Qureshi

Allegiance
  
Role
  
Spokesman

Years of service
  
1971–2003

Service/branch
  
Rank
  
Major-General


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Commands held
  
DG Inter Services Public Relations

Battles/wars
  
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971Siachen conflictKargil War2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff

Battles and wars
  
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Siachen conflict, Kargil War, 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff

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Major General Rashid Qureshi, Urdu: راشد قریشی‎ SI(M), SBt, is a retired two-star general, and the close aide of former President General Pervez Musharraf. He is the current spokesman of Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League.

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Military career

Qureshi was given commissioned in the Pakistan Army on 17 April 1971 in the 44th PMA Long Course. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was stationed at the Lahore Sector. After the war, Qureshi's company was stationed at the Rawalpindi sector where he became a staff officer at the General Headquarters (GHQ). In 1987, he was promoted as Lieutenant Colonel, and was made Officer commanding of the 10th Battalion. In 1991, he became Colonel in the Army, and was made Military secretary at the Joint Chief of Staff Committee Secretariat.

Inter-Services Public Relations

In 1996, Qureshi joined the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). In 1997, he was promoted as one-star general (brigadier-general) in the Army. In 1998, he was made director-general of the ISPR. His tenure saw many mile-stone in the history of Pakistan. On May 1998, Pakistan tested its fissionable devices at Ras Koh Hills, codenamed Chagai-I, and Chagai-II respectively.

He was also a principle military spokesperson of General Pervez Musharraf regime. His term as DG ISPR saw the Kargil War, Atlantique Incident, and the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff. He came into public limelight when he first held a public conference on August 1999, where he briefed the media on Pakistan version of Atlantique Incident of 1999.

References

Rashid Qureshi Wikipedia


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